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| Asira ash-Shamaliya |
| Arabic |
عصيره الشماليّه |
| Name Meaning |
"The northern [grape] juicer" |
| Government |
Municipality (from 1997) |
| Also Spelled |
Asira al-Shamaliyeh (officially)
'Asira ash-Shamaliyah (unofficially)
|
| Governorate |
Nablus |
| Population |
7,600 (2006) |
| Jurisdiction |
29,442 dunams (29.4 km²) |
Asira ash-Shamaliya is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located six kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 7,800 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
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